From ‘hamster institutions like the Whatcom Museum of History and Art to upstarts like the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Bellingham’s rich and diverse arts scene is what makes this place unique. Follow the Bellingham arts scene with June Hathaway.

Fairhaven merchants will kick off the holiday shopping season tonight (11/23) with a Holiday Open House and Tour d’Art. Over three dozen shops and galleries will stay open until 9pm for the convenience of holiday merrymakers.
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There’s an opening at the Blue Horse Gallery on at Bay and Holly for the Plein Air Paint Out Exhibition, November 16, 7-10 p.m. The Paint Out is an annual outdoor painting event that took place this year on August 25. The goal was to get 100 artists out on Holly Street painting at once. You can see the results at the Blue Horse through November 30th.
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The American Abstraction exhibit at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, featuring works on paper by Brice Marden, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns and more, ends Sunday, November 11. The museum will be open Sunday noon – 5pm.
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Retail giant The Gap has been in the news lately for using vendors that exploit child workers in India. Similar charges have been leveled against many large U.S corporations. It’s shocking to contemplate the conditions these third-world children labor under. Many people don’t realize that thousands of American kids worked under similar conditions in the early 20th century.
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Western Washington University’s theatre department is putting on British playwright David Hare’s 2004 Iraq war drama “Stuff Happens.” The play’s title and much of the dialogue is taken from public statements by Bush administration insiders.
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Jordan Rain, aka Yogoman, and Robert Sarazin Blake, aka Robert “nothing in the middle” Blake, have joined forces as the Yogoblade for an ongoing Monday night gig at the Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern.
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